Total UK retail sales flatlined in August (against an increase of +1.3% in August last year) , acccording to BRC-KPMG. They were down -0.5% YoY…
Department store Rutherfords of Morpeth has been sold after more than 170 years in the Rutherford family. MD Richard Rutherford, the…
John Lewis & Partners will be the first UK high street retailer to stock the Emma Original Mattress from European bed-in-a-box brand Emma…
UK Consumer Confidence fell three points to -14 in August, according to GfK's long-running barometer of the population's willingness to…
The UK’s largest independently-owned furniture retailer, Furniture Village, celebrates its 30th birthday this month. In honour of this…
The IFHS exhibition, which took place at the Dublin's National Show Centre from 24-27th this month, saw the return of the Irish Furniture and…
European bed brand eve sleep has published an open letter to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, The Rt Hon Robert Buckland…
Shop prices fell by -0.4% in August compared to a 0.1% decrease in July, reports BRC-Nielsen. This was below the 12- and six-month average price…
Sofa retailer Sofology has again teamed up with actor Owen Wilson for a second instalment of TV ads. Owen says: “It’s nice to be working with…
Total group sales at Laura Ashley for the year to 30th June 2019 were down £24.7m (to £232.5m) as LFL sales declined by 3.5%, resulting in a…
Luxury bedmaker Savoir has unveiled a new online store, introducing ecommerce to its recently rebranded website to help increase its D2C…
Bensons for Beds has unveiled its bespoke Sleep Diet model, designed by sleep expert, Stephanie Romiszewski, to prescribe an ideal sleep regime…
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